HNoMS Rauma was an Otra -class minesweeper built in 1939 for the Royal Norwegian Navy . Captured by the Germans during the 1940 invasion of Norway and renamed Kamerun , she was returned to the Norwegians after the end of the Second World War and recommissioned in 1947. Rauma remained in service until being sold for scrapping in 1963.
14-697: [REDACTED] Look up Rauma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rauma may refer to: Places [ edit ] Rauma, Finland , a town and municipality in the Satakunta region of western Finland Rauma, Norway , a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway Rauma (river) , a river in the Romsdalen valley in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway Boats [ edit ] Rauma -class missile boat ,
28-618: A class of Finnish Fast Attack Craft HNoMS Rauma (1939) , the first ship of the Norwegian Otra class minesweepers HNoMS Rauma (1939) , the second ship of the Norwegian Otra class minesweepers Other [ edit ] Rauma dialect , a nearly-extinct dialect of the Finnish language Rauma Line , a railway line in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway Rauma-Repola Oy (-1991), and Rauma Oy (1991–1999); former Finnish companies, now part of Metso Corporation FC Rauma ,
42-636: A football club in Rauma municipality, Norway 1882 Rauma , a main-belt asteroid Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rauma . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rauma&oldid=957973634 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Ship disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
56-410: A river in the Romsdalen valley in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway Boats [ edit ] Rauma -class missile boat , a class of Finnish Fast Attack Craft HNoMS Rauma (1939) , the first ship of the Norwegian Otra class minesweepers HNoMS Rauma (1939) , the second ship of the Norwegian Otra class minesweepers Other [ edit ] Rauma dialect , a nearly-extinct dialect of
70-838: A short time before the German invasion of Norway . Otra class vessels used the Oropesa system of minesweeping. Shortly before the German invasion the UK announced that the Royal Navy had laid out a number of minefields along the coast of Norway to interfere with the German import of Swedish iron ore through the North Norwegian port of Narvik . The British government claimed to have mined three areas; off Stad , Hustadvika , and Landegode north of Bodø . In response to this report,
84-460: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rauma [REDACTED] Look up Rauma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rauma may refer to: Places [ edit ] Rauma, Finland , a town and municipality in the Satakunta region of western Finland Rauma, Norway , a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway Rauma (river) ,
98-415: The Finnish language Rauma Line , a railway line in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway Rauma-Repola Oy (-1991), and Rauma Oy (1991–1999); former Finnish companies, now part of Metso Corporation FC Rauma , a football club in Rauma municipality, Norway 1882 Rauma , a main-belt asteroid Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
112-604: The Germans' plan to invade Norway was the seizure of the Royal Norwegian Navy's main naval base at Horten in the Oslofjord . A force consisting of the R boats R.17 and R.27 and the torpedo boats Albatros and Kondor entered Horten harbour at 0435 hrs, shortly after the invasion was identified by Otra . Defending the naval base was Rauma and the minelayer HNoMS Olav Tryggvason . Rauma charged
126-671: The Norwegian government ordered the minesweepers Otra and Rauma to sail north from their base in Horten and sweep the minefields on 9 April 1940. Before the order to go north could be carried out, however, the German invasion of Norway began in the early hours of 9 April. As reports of intruding warships started coming in Otra was sent out to investigate, and at 0410hrs reported that the intruders were German. The invasion flotilla blocked Otra ' s return to Horten. An important part of
140-470: The enemy vessels with her single 76 mm gun and two machine guns, succeeding in helping Olav Tryggvason sink R.17 and force a damaged Albatros to flee the area. However, despite the intense fire from the two Norwegian warships, R.27 managed to land a small force of infantry in the harbour before running aground after repeated hits. While running the gauntlet between the Norwegian ships R.27 returned fire and hit Rauma repeatedly, severely damaging
154-422: The minesweeper and killing her commander, Lieutenant Ingolf Carl Winsnes , and a sailor, as well as wounding six others. Only eight crew members remained unwounded. At 0735hrs, after threats of aerial bombardment of the naval base and the city right next to it, as well as a misguided impression of the size of the German landing force, the Norwegian forces at Horten surrendered. After the German capture of Horten
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#1732772039495168-638: The surrendered Norwegian vessels were pressed into Kriegsmarine service. Rauma was repaired and recommissioned as Kamerun on 18 April 1940. Kamerun first served as a Vorpostenboot in the Hafenschutzflotille Oslo, later being converted into a minelayer. Kamerun spent her entire war in Norway and was part of the German Mine Sweeping Administration (GM-SA) after the German surrender in 1945. After
182-651: The threat of war in Europe became ever more clear the decision was made to improve the Royal Norwegian Navy 's mine warfare capabilities. At first a number of 2. class gunboats were rebuilt into minelayers and minesweepers , but with war looming it soon became clear that more capable vessels were required. Thus, two new purpose-built minesweepers were constructed at Nylands Verksted in Oslo ; Otra and Rauma . Both ships were completed and commissioned only
196-517: The title Rauma . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rauma&oldid=957973634 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Ship disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages HNoMS Rauma (1939) As
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